Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 17 August 2009, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 29 July 2009
Gold closed at $934.30 per troy ounce on 17 August 2009, down $12.70 (1.34%) from the previous close of $947.00.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 6.87% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-18.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $786.00, making this a +18.87% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $934.30 per troy ounce on 17 August 2009. That is $12.70 lower than the previous close of $947.00, a move of -1.34%.
The gold price fell on 17 August 2009, losing $12.70 (1.34%) against the previous session's close of $947.00.
At $934.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $30.04 on 17 August 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 17 August 2009 18k gold was worth about $22.53 per gram and 14k about $17.52 per gram, against $30.04 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 66.9 on 17 August 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 66.9 ounces of silver.
A year before 17 August 2009, gold was around $786.00 per troy ounce. The close of $934.30 therefore represents a rise of 18.9% over twelve months.
It closed 6.87% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-18.